I don't know what this is or where it comes from (is it that one Adult Swim cartoon from a year or two ago? Whatsitsname?), but man, it makes me giggle. I'm not too proud to admit that at least 40% of my role-playing sessions went exactly like this. If I give role-players a hard time here at Topless Robot, it's because I was there, man. I know what shit went on, and it was rolling dice to "get drunk" and "have sex with wenches."
Man, am I glad I've grown up and out of that, and instead of rolling to get drunk, I can just go get drunk. It's much more satisfying.
After releasing two films this year, Ron Howard is planning his next move, and this week he sounded most excited about directing a big-budget adaptation of "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft," based on the Image Comics series.
"It very cleverly uses H.P. Lovecraft in a fictional way, but
there's some loose biographical elements. But it certainly has the
flavor and the tone of Lovecraft," Howard told me during an interview
for an upcoming story on a different topic. "The character is a very
young Lovecraft."
Ron Howard Is making an H.P. Lovecraft movie. THAT IS THE MOST DIABOLICAL THING I'VE EVER FUCKING HEARD OF. If you excuse me, I need to gibber insanely and soil my pants for the next few hours while contemplating whatever kind of mediocre, vanilla non-terrifying movie Howard will make. The horror!
The second season of Clone Wars starts on October 3rd, and here's the new trailer. I've watched the trailer maybe four times and have tried to think of something devastatingly clever or funny to say about it, but it's just a cacophony of laser blasts and lightsabers swings. I see that the The Duros With No Name returns along with a few IGs for the "Rise of the Bounty Hunters," but my initial excitement about that has worn off and the whole video just makes me tired and grumpy and kind of sad. Yet, I felt I had to show it to you guys because it was new Star Wars stuff. That really sums something up, doesn't it? Sigh.
Oh my. My favorite episode from my favorite Adult Swim show is on a $25 t-shirt from Ex-Boyfriend? I cannot buy this thing fast enough. They've got several other nerdy shirts of note, and they told me to tell you that you can get 10% off any order if you enter TOPLESSBOT in the coupon code before Halloween -- mighty nice of 'em. Especially since that bear's a yankee.
Oh, Marvel. These are your new "Women of Marvel" costumes from Disguise? Really? And you have the balls to describe them like this?
Inspired by some of the most well known Marvel super heroes we have
created a line of fashion forward costumes for women and girls who have
the desire to be fun and playful for Halloween.
Yeah, she sure looks playful. She'll play with you for an hour if you have $200.
Who says comic books
are only for boys because with great power comes great style.
Guys, I imagine that high-pitched sound you hear is every nerd girl in your area screaming in rage while hunting for the nearest sharp-edged instruments possible, because some bastards are about to get castrated -- and ladies, you have my 100% support on this. Admittedly, not all the Marvel costumes are as slutty as these two -- there's even a White Queen one that looks actually like the White Queen, although she's pretty much Marvel's Finest Ho-bag anyways -- but none that look at all like the male heroes they purport to be, none whatsoever of any of Marvel's actual female superheroes, and not a single one that includes pants.
Now if you need me, I'll be hiding under my bed with a cup, in case any of the ladies who see this decide to shoot the messenger, too. (Via Geektrooper)
The Tokyo Game Show is currently on-going, and the only announcement that has currently rocking my world so far is that Dead Rising's Frank West will be a playable character in the upcoming U.S. release of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom. Even if you weren't impressed with Dead Rising or have no desire to buy another Vs game, I defy you to watch this video and tell me that Frank West is not the greatest fighting game character of all time. His basic moves include using the gear he could grab in the Dead Rising mall, including shovels, baseball bats, and shopping carts. Hell, he can send out zombies after his opponents. But really, just watch his special moves -- they're divine. This might be the first Wii game I end up buying since early 2008, frankly. (Via Kotaku)
I'm happy about the do-over, but I'm not stupid enough to believe that the next take will be any or accurate to my beloved MOTU. It's not that I think Sony is worse than Warner -- really, it's six of one, half dozen of the other -- but I think He-Man is just too weird a concept to survive the Hollywood system. It was true in 1987, and I'm betting it's true now -- hence that last bullshit script. Frankly, I wish that it had taken longer for Mattel to find another studio to partner with. I had been happy and hopeful for the movie after Warner dropped out; the closer the He-Man movie gets to getting made, the more upset and disillusioned I get. Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip. (Via Variety)
Carry plans for a Death Star? Check. Break into the Imperial mainframe? Check. Fly around with jets that will be conveniently forgotten for the original trilogy? Check. Act as an awesome gaming hub? Check and mate. Brian de Vitis rigged one of those old R2-D2 cooler into this multi-nerd-media entertainment system, which houses eight consoles and has a projector for displaying all of those games on the way. I recognize the NES, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Nintendo 64, GameCube, what's either a PlayStation or PS2 (either way it plays PSX games), an Atari 7800 (with paddles, and which also plays Atari 2600 games) and one other on the far right I don't recognize, although I'm sure you will. Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip. (Via Engadget)
Way back in February, I ran the teaser trailer for Filler!, a short fan flick about a mad scientist and his food teleporter -- a very specific invention with no other possible uses, thank you very much. Now the full 10-minute movie is out, and it's just as good as it's trailer promised -- although I might be biased because it uses the Law & Order DUNH-DUNH! sound effects. One warning -- please, please don't spoil the incredible twist ending of Filler! for others.
When it comes to superheroines based on already-existing male superheroes, the comic series Alias (quite possibly the series with the best-ever use of Brian Michael Bendis' never-ending stream of inane-but-interesting dialogue) said it best:
Indeed, they're mostly terrible, but there are some good ones, too. Some I would even genuinely pay money to read about! These five are pretty much the only ones that fit into that category.